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Sisters, Brothers, Lovers & Others: Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Dave Alvin and Syl & Jimmy Johnson Sisters, Brothers, Lovers & Others: Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Dave Alvin and Syl & Jimmy Johnson April 18th, 2018 (Hour 1)
Sisters, Brothers, Lovers & Others: Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Dave Alvin and Syl & Jimmy Johnson

Exploring the musical ties that bind, we spin platters from our favorite harmonizing pairs and family affairs. We map the careers of West Texas-troubadour Jimmie Dale Gilmore of the Flatlanders and So-Cal rocker Dave Alvin of the Blasters and trace the events that led to their cosmic collaboration. And we follow the journey of funk singer Syl Johnson and blues guitarist Jimmy Johnson from Mississippi to Chicago, and the different paths the sibling rivals carved out in the Windy City’s electric soundscape. Plus, country duets and family bands. Soul sisters and blues brothers. Lovers, kindred spirits and lots others.

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MEMORIAL DAY WITH DANNY BARKER

May 26th, 1999

On Memorial Day, remembering jazz banjo hero and oral historian Danny Barker—who played with everyone from Louis Armstrong to Wynton Marsalis—in his own words. Plus memories and music from Johnny Cash, Otis Redding, Joni Mitchell, Blind Willie McTell, Charles Ives, and Allen Ginsberg.

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HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Abraham, Martin & John Emmylou Harris & the Nash Ramblers
    At The Ryman, Reprise
  • Where Have All the Flowers Gone Johnny Rivers
    Johnny Rivers Anthology 1964-1977, Rhino
  • The Man Who Couldn't Cry Johnny Cash
    American Recordings, American
  • On the Dark Road Crying Moses ‘Whispering' Smith
    Louisiana Blues, Arhoolie
  • Instrumental: In memory of Mississippi John Hurt John Fahey
    Of Rivers and Religion, Warner Brothers
  • J'ai passé devant ta porte (I Passed By Your Door) Balfa Brothers
    The Balfa Brothers Play Traditional Cajun Music, Swallow
  • Where the Soul Never Dies Ricky Skaggs & Tony Rice
    Way Down Deep in my Soul, Sugar Hill
  • Father Death Blues Allen Ginsberg
    Utopia Americana, New Tone
  • Lake of Fire Nirvana
    Unplugged in New York, Geffen
  • Freddie's Dead (Theme From 'Superfly') Curtis Mayfield
    The Very Best of Curtis Mayfield, Rhino
  • Instrumental: My Man's Gone Now Miles Davis
    Porgy and Bess, Columbia Legacy
  • INTERVIEW: Danny Barker
  • Don't You Make Me High Danny Barker
    Blue Lu Barker 1938-1939, Classics
  • Save the Bones Danny Barker
    Live,
  • Whinin' Boy Danny Barker
    Live,
  • Oh, But On the Third Day (Happy Feet Blues) Wynton Marsalis
    The Majesty of the Blues, Columbia

HOUR two

  • Hot Barbeque Brother Jack McDuff
    Bar-B-Que Soul-a-Bration!, Rhino
  • Everything on the Hog Nathan and the Zydeco Cha-Chas
    Steady Rock, Rounder
  • Barbeque Robert Earl Keen
    Gringo Honeymoon, Sugar Hill
  • Frim Fram Sauce Louis Armstrong & Ella Fitzgerald
    Ella - The Legendary Decca Recordings, Decca
  • Bar-B-Q Wendy Rene
    Bar-B-Que Soul-a-Bration!, Rhino
  • Instrumental: Goodbye Pork-Pie Hat Charles Mingus
    This is Jazz 6, Columbia/Legacy
  • Goodbye Pork-Pie Hat Joni Mitchell
    Mingus, Asylum
  • New Lester Leaps In Lester Young
    The Complete Aladdin Sessions, Blue Note
  • Ode to Billy Joe Tammy Wynette
    Take Me To Your World - I Don't Wanna Play House, Koch
  • Remember Me Otis Redding
    Remember Me, Stax
  • Instrumental: Miles Davis' Funeral Morphine
    Cure for Pain, Ryko
  • From the Housatanic at Stockbridge Charles Ives
    Three Places in New England/Baltimore Symphony/Zinman, Argo
  • St. James Hospital Doc Watson
    Folk Song America, Smithsonian Collection of Recordings
  • Dying Crapshooter Blues Blind Willie McTell
    Atlanta Twelve String, Atlantic
  • Remember Me Beaufort NC Sea Chanteymen
    Recorded live at Carnegie Hall for Folkmasters,
  • Blowin' in the Wind Stevie Wonder
    Bob Dylan - The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration, Columbia
  • End Bed: I'll Be Seeing You James Booker
    Junco Partner, Hannibal/Ryco

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